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June 01, 2012, 6:17pm Permalink Reblogged from Motor--Sport™.
June 01, 2012, 4:31pm Permalink Reblogged from Trapped in a Vogon airlock..Emerson Fittipaldi, 1971 Monaco GP.
the start …
start of the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix at Zeltweg with Jo Siffert on pole in the Yardley BRM, flanked by Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell
Siffert would go on to win the race despite a deflating rear tire & a chasing Emerson Fittipaldi
June 01, 2012, 12:51pm Permalink Reblogged from It's a wheel thing.
making everybody happy …
with Elio de Angelis having the benefits of the more powerful Lotus 93T which housed Renault’s turbo V6, Nigel Mansell had to make do with the older Lotus 91, still driven by the atmospheric Ford DFV V8
eventually Mansell would get a turbo powered Lotus (94T) as well, half way through the season
Nigel was given the chance to test Lotus’ first attempt at an (re)active suspended car, here tried out at the 1983 Long Beach venue, he wasn’t very successful with the car but the team would go on to test the system on several more occasions during the year
Nigel Mansell, JPS Lotus-Ford 91, 1983 US West Grand Prix, Long Beach
June 01, 2012, 10:55am Permalink Reblogged from It's a wheel thing.
fighter pilots …
they always say driving a F1 cars is a bit similar to flying a fighter jet & wearing a pilot helmet makes you look the part even more
Piers Courage, De Tomaso-Ford 505, 1970 Monaco Grand Prix
Jack Brabham, Brabham-Ford BT33, 1970 Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama
June 01, 2012, 9:10am Permalink Reblogged from It's a wheel thing.
